Long-term in vitro cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains: Influence on plasmid patterns, genome stability and expression of proteins

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-118

  Busch, U ^a,b   Will, G ^a   Hizo Teufel, C ^a   Wilske, B ^a   Preac Mursic, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Landesuntersuchungsanstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; genome; LRFP; Osp proteins; PFGE; plasmid; SDS PAGE; stability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 0031081253     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)87642-5     Document Type: Article

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